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Old 09-07-2003, 04:44 PM
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Default What does a broken axle sound like?

my car had very bad wheel hop and i now hear a clicking noise when im driving it only does it when i shift or when im of the gas. what could it be axle or something else. thanks its an b16 with an y21 tranny by the way the noise is coming from the driver side
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (drvfast)

does it "click" when you make hard turns?
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (drvfast)

if you broke an axle your car wouldn't move, so It's not a broken axle then. But you might have destroyed the CV shafts from having bad wheel hop. Or you toasted a ball joint, either upper or lower. Grab the wheel that the noise comes from with your hands at the 9 and 3 position and pull one hand towards you and the other away, alternatly. If the wheel feels solid, your tie rod end is good. Now put your hands at the 12 position of the wheel and shake in and out, if you feel the wheel move, then you have a bad upper or lower ball joint. HTH
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (SonicGSR98)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SonicGSR98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you broke an axle your car wouldn't move, so It's not a broken axle then. But you might have destroyed the CV shafts from having bad wheel hop. Or you toasted a ball joint, either upper or lower. Grab the wheel that the noise comes from with your hands at the 9 and 3 position and pull one hand towards you and the other away, alternatly. If the wheel feels solid, your tie rod end is good. Now put your hands at the 12 position of the wheel and shake in and out, if you feel the wheel move, then you have a bad upper or lower ball joint. HTH</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup. Most likely a CV joint. $$$
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (drvfast)

Clicking is usually a bad CV joint. Verify this and goto Napa to buy a new axle. There are lots of good howto's on this forum.

New axle @ napa = $70.00 w/ core (give or take).
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (drvfast)

Sounds like you need to change the CV boot, if it only makes a clicking sound.
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yea regrease and change the boots cheap fix if thats what it is
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Default Re: What does a broken axle sound like? (redlinegsr)

Mine did the same til I greased it
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